Menstrual Cycle Premenstrual Disorders

Hormonal and biochemical profiles of premenstrual syndrome. Treatment with essential fatty acids

Cerin A, Collins A, Landgren BM, Eneroth P

Published July 1993 Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 72(5), 337-343
DOI 10.3109/00016349309021108 PMID 8392261

Abstract

Women diagnosed as suffering from premenstrual syndrome and symptom free controls were compared on hormonal parameters, glucose tolerance, mineralocorticoids, cholesterols, triglycerides, apolipoprotein (a), magnesium and calcium in the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. The effect of treatment with essential fatty acids on the biochemical variables was also evaluated in a randomized, double-blind crossover design. The results showed that the hormonal and biochemical profiles of women with PMS and symptom free controls were markedly similar, except for aldosterone which was lower in the follicular and luteal phases and cholesterol which was higher in the follicular phase in women with PMS. No effects of treatment with essential fatty acids were found for any of the biochemical variables studied.

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PMID 8392261 8392261 DOI 10.3109/00016349309021108 10.3109/00016349309021108 Cerin et al. 1993, Cerin 1993